''Noticias de la Semana'' (''News of the Week'') is a weekly
newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or n ...
published in Argentina, where it is known simply as ''Noticias'' (''News''). The magazine was founded by Jorge Fontevecchia in 1976
and published by him in a format similar to American publications such as ''
Time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and event (philosophy), events that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various me ...
'' or ''
Newsweek
''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis (businessman), Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print m ...
''. ''Noticias'' was known as ''La Semana'' (''The Week'') until 1989.
The magazine is also known in Argentina for its loss of photojournalist
José Luis Cabezas, who was murdered in 1997 on the orders of local shipping magnate
Alfredo Yabrán.
The magazines is part of Editorial Perfil.
[ Former President ]Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...
reportedly ordered government advertising withheld from the magazine, as well from other media critical of his government, and privileged supporting media instead. Editorial Perfil sued the government regarding this, and the Court supported the magazine's claim. Chief of Staff Aníbal Fernández
Aníbal Domingo Fernández (born January 9, 1957) is an Argentina, Argentine Justicialist Party politician, lawyer, and certified public accountant. Throughout his career, he has remained a close ally to the former President of Argentina, Preside ...
denied any discrimination against the publisher, a statement refuted by Perfil.
In 2014, Cardinal Mario Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires, rejected the decision of the magazine Noticias, directed by Jorge Fontevecchia, to carry the image of the crucified president Cristina Kirchner on its cover.
References
External links
Official site
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1976 establishments in Argentina
Magazines established in 1976
News magazines published in Argentina
Spanish-language magazines
Weekly news magazines